One of my favorite parts of Christmas morning is breakfast. Just like every other day of my life. [i.love.breakfast.] Our standard Christmas breakfast used to be something like this:

scrambled cheesy eggs

bacon

oranges

cinnamon rolls

Does anyone have a really unique Christmas breakfast menu??

Since I wasn’t going to be with my Ohio family for Christmas, I thought we should have a Christmas eve breakfast get together. Maybe a new tradition? My aunt + Jenna were eyeing up the banana scrambles on the blog recently, so I thought they would be perfect.

And they were…

Cinnamon Banana Scramble

3T rolled oats

1T ground flax meal

1T almond milk [or any milk]

1/2 banana

1t cinnamon

splash of vanilla

1T unsweetened coconut

drizzle of maple syrup/honey/agave [optional]

Mash banana until wet/egg-like with a fork.

Mix in all other ingredients until holding together. *The mixture will be very moist. If it is very thick + dry add a 1/2-1T extra milk.

Heat + grease a pan over medium heat.

Plop the scramble into the pan and shape into a patty, about 1/2” thick.

Cook for about 3min until browned.

Toast bread or english muffin.

Flip + cook until the other side is browned.

Top on toast and slather with peanut butter or other nut butter and whatever other toppings you want.

I finally finished AJ’s gift. Another DIY, which was really hard to figure out for a 15yr old boy!

I made him a calendar that I designed in photoshop. This took quite a while but was really fun. I changed the fonts + colors for every month and noted major holidays. I also wrote out a funny teenage slang quotes on the top as the calendar theme.

AJ loved it and said the sayings I picked out were “legit.” Ohhhh, I’m so out of the swing of teenagers!! haha

Some of the sayings were:

“it’s my birthday, yo!” – for his birthday month

“she’s so fly” – february/valentines

“what’s up home skillet?” – older version…what’s up home slice?

“text me.”

“that’s legit”

“don’t be a h8er”

…and 6 others! Very fun gift to make and almost free. I just bought some nice cardstock paper to print it on. I love how it turned out and might make one for myself…with different quotes of course. ;)

It was a sad goodbye to the family but a happy hello to Chris + the pups. I cannot WAIT to sleep in, have a very chill morning opening gifts with the huz, watching movies, playing games and then heading to my uncle’s house for dinner.

No matter what you believe, or what you celebrate, I hope your Christmas [or regular old day] is filled with warmth + love.